Day 6 - Helsinki... Cue the “Finland” song from Monty Python! We arrived early morning and disembarked about 9:30, we took a service bus to the tram stop and then caught the “Number 3” tram, which does a circuit of the city, we thought it would be like a City tour on the cheap! Tamara and Charles from New York were doing the same, and boy could that dame talk?! I thought that Charles seemed a bit quiet, but after a while I realised that the poor bloke couldn't get a word in! Tamara had over 8 pages of notes about Helsinki from her Internet research, and she had a tram map which she had written for prior to the trip!!! - we managed to give them the slip just after the Sibelius memorial...
We walked to the Olympic stadium, (1952), and took a lift to the top of the nobservation tower, great view, and a great sense of history, we saw the statues of the famous Finish middle distance runners, Pavo Nummi and Lasse Viren – not sure of the spelling, will edit if necessary later!
Helsinki is not a pretty city, it seemed a bit “Eastern European”, but the harbour area and Market square were bustling and interesting.... looked at lots of stuff, but didn't buy anything.
On board tonight we saw the “West end to Broadway” show.... the cast were “enthusiastic” and the band was loud, if you didn't take it too seriously it was quiet good!
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